diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/func.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/func.sgml index 15b8a3eaa5d..f4d6d69630e 100644 --- a/doc/src/sgml/func.sgml +++ b/doc/src/sgml/func.sgml @@ -25540,6 +25540,31 @@ SELECT collation for ('foo' COLLATE "de_DE"); details. + + + + + pg_get_multixact_members + + pg_get_multixact_members ( multixid xid ) + setof record + ( xid xid, + mode text ) + + + Returns the transaction ID and lock mode for each member of the + specified multixact ID. The lock modes forupd, + fornokeyupd, sh, and + keysh correspond to the row-level locks + FOR UPDATE, FOR NO KEY UPDATE, + FOR SHARE, and FOR KEY SHARE, + respectively, as described in . Two + additional modes are specific to multixacts: + nokeyupd, used by updates that do not modify key + columns, and upd, used by updates or deletes that + modify key columns. + + @@ -25548,7 +25573,8 @@ SELECT collation for ('foo' COLLATE "de_DE"); The internal transaction ID type xid is 32 bits wide and wraps around every 4 billion transactions. However, the functions shown in , except - age and mxid_age, use a + age, mxid_age, and + pg_get_multixact_members, use a 64-bit type xid8 that does not wrap around during the life of an installation and can be converted to xid by casting if required; see for details. diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/maintenance.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/maintenance.sgml index 895b703a96b..d6d44d74069 100644 --- a/doc/src/sgml/maintenance.sgml +++ b/doc/src/sgml/maintenance.sgml @@ -760,7 +760,10 @@ HINT: Stop the postmaster and vacuum that database in single-user mode. careful aging management, storage cleanup, and wraparound handling. There is a separate storage area which holds the list of members in each multixact, which also uses a 32-bit counter and which must also - be managed. + be managed. The system function + pg_get_multixact_members() described in + can be used to examine the + transaction IDs associated with a multixact ID.